Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 104%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics120% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive221% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA  (all builds)
Memory59.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160325
Uptime4.1 Days
Run DateOct 16 '18 at 23:55
Run Duration176 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 28%

 PC Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
85.8% Excellent
Memory 88.5
1-Core 104
2-Core 255
82% 149 Pts
4-Core 447
8-Core 710
71% 579 Pts
64-Core 701
43% 701 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 85.8%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 416.34
Performing below potential (43rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
120% Outstanding
Lighting 167
Reflection 179
Parallax 182
136% 176 fps
MRender 111
Gravity 163
Splatting 111
104% 129 fps
Poor: 108%
This bench: 120%
Great: 132%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
215GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1027 960 952 1037 898 849 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
221% Outstanding
Read 1,811
Write 1,231
Mixed 660
SusWrite 954
259% 1,164 MB/s
4K Read 39.5
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 50.2
190% 71.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1045
DQ Write 398
DQ Mixed 446
402% 630 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 221%
Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210
83GB free
Firmware: EXM02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 177 182 203 196 194 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
73% Very good
Read 314
Write 294
Mixed 268
SusWrite 190
60% 266 MB/s
4K Read 27.2
4K Write 73.1
4K Mixed 32.9
122% 44.4 MB/s
DQ Read 278
DQ Write 234
DQ Mixed 252
190% 255 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 73%
Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115
128GB free
Firmware: EXM01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 176 181 203 196 194 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
73.7% Very good
Read 353
Write 361
Mixed 297
SusWrite 189
67% 300 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 71.1
4K Mixed 36
117% 43 MB/s
DQ Read 278
DQ Write 234
DQ Mixed 249
189% 254 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 73.7%
Great: 124%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB-$351
4 of 4 slots used
64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73.9% Very good
MC Read 26
MC Write 28.2
MC Mixed 23.8
74% 26 GB/s
SC Read 17
SC Write 28.6
SC Mixed 23.2
66% 22.9 GB/s
Latency 69.1
58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 72%
This bench: 73.9%
Great: 172%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA Builds (Compare 987 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO ALPHA - $240

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 65% - Good Total price: $1,020
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HDDRAMUSB
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